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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:43:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kiran Bashir Ahmad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[White wings flap and shelter many a breeze &#160; Above the chairs blinking at the sun &#160; And thoughts bestir their heavy forms &#160; In the city by the crags of roughened shore &#160; While heads nod and silent drums &#8230; <a href="http://kiranba.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/lit-fest-thumb-roll/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kiranba.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22457754&amp;post=400&amp;subd=kiranba&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Solitude &#8211; A Haiku</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:26:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kiran Bashir Ahmad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Soft, the wind on skin I dream of the nights away Spiralling. Nothing. Dark, the night fleeting, Swiftly as the sunset goes Shadowing the glass. Listen, the rain falls Shall it undo the rift now? Day comes back to knock. &#8230; <a href="http://kiranba.wordpress.com/2012/01/29/solitude-a-haiku/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kiranba.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22457754&amp;post=386&amp;subd=kiranba&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Psych Speak 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kiran Bashir Ahmad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tid bits from my take on life in 2011. For the latest, click on the tab above. 06/08/2011 Ramazan Rage and the Money Game Its the 5th day of Ramazan and already I can sense a strange disquiet on the roads. &#8230; <a href="http://kiranba.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/psych-speak-2011/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kiranba.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22457754&amp;post=384&amp;subd=kiranba&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dementia-ville &#8211; Shades of the Past ?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:20:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kiran Bashir Ahmad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a child it was fascinating yet quite a bit disturbing to be with certain old people at times. They would ask you your name over and over again or their hands would tremble so much that it was scary &#8230; <a href="http://kiranba.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/dementia-ville-shades-of-the-past/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kiranba.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22457754&amp;post=379&amp;subd=kiranba&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Updike and the Witching Hour</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kiran Bashir Ahmad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever since the entire drama surrounding Harry Potter and the Twilight series has somewhat faded, there seems to be an uncanny gap before readers or movie buffs experience any more witching antics. A bit of  googling online brought me to &#8230; <a href="http://kiranba.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/updike-and-the-witching-hour/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kiranba.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22457754&amp;post=374&amp;subd=kiranba&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2011 in review: Kiran Bashir Ahmad Blog review.</title>
		<link>http://kiranba.wordpress.com/2012/01/01/2011-in-review-kiran-bashir-ahmad-blog-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 10:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kiran Bashir Ahmad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear readers, thanks for your repeated presence here on my blog in 2011. You all contributed to the interaction and made writing a joyful process. The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys (they call themselves that), prepared a 2011 annual report for this &#8230; <a href="http://kiranba.wordpress.com/2012/01/01/2011-in-review-kiran-bashir-ahmad-blog-review/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kiranba.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22457754&amp;post=369&amp;subd=kiranba&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Once Upon a Melting Pot</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:19:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kiran Bashir Ahmad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apple of your eye, apple pie Silken stress cut peel I will not melt in oven strength Or under grounded heel Of crush stricken fantasy meet.   Melt in your mouth margarine Sticking to the crystal boat With pieces of &#8230; <a href="http://kiranba.wordpress.com/2011/12/27/once-upon-a-melting-pot/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kiranba.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22457754&amp;post=364&amp;subd=kiranba&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is it Time?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:40:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kiran Bashir Ahmad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[‘I believe in good’, that was the past. Is it time to make a change? Do I rue the past for what it was? Do I see in the ashes a flame? Or is it a negative still that shows &#8230; <a href="http://kiranba.wordpress.com/2011/12/12/is-it-time/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kiranba.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22457754&amp;post=360&amp;subd=kiranba&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrating Otherness &#8211; Invocation of the Sufi Spirit in the New Millennium</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 11:53:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kiran Bashir Ahmad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ This is the full text of a paper written for and presented at the International Sufi Conference held in Bhopal (India) on 18th, 19th and 20th November 2011. It is being reproduced here with the kind permission of the organizers at &#8230; <a href="http://kiranba.wordpress.com/2011/11/27/celebrating-otherness-invocation-of-the-sufi-spirit-in-the-new-millennium/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kiranba.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22457754&amp;post=352&amp;subd=kiranba&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;And&#8230;&#8217; A dedication to Prof. Kausar Bashir Ahmad</title>
		<link>http://kiranba.wordpress.com/2011/11/09/and-a-dedication-to-prof-kausar-bashir-ahmad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 13:04:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kiran Bashir Ahmad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dedicated to my late father, Prof. Kausar Bashir Ahmad - a visionary, educationist, architect, artist, poet and gentle soul who left us for his eternal abode on this day, five years ago. May Allah grant him the highest of places in &#8230; <a href="http://kiranba.wordpress.com/2011/11/09/and-a-dedication-to-prof-kausar-bashir-ahmad/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kiranba.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22457754&amp;post=349&amp;subd=kiranba&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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